A bus crashed in the Mangystau region of southwestern Kazakhstan early Friday, killing four people, according to authorities. Citing regional police, some reports said dozens of people were injured.
“According to preliminary information, the driver of the vehicle traveling from the city of Aktau towards the village of Beineu lost control of the steering, causing the vehicle to overturn,” the Ministry of Transport said.
The ministry said three people were also injured, though some media outlets in Kazakhstan said police later reported that 42 people were injured. Seventeen of those injured were hospitalized and the rest received outpatient treatment, reported the Lada outlet, which covers the Mangystau region.
About 50 people were on the bus when it crashed around 1 a.m. Video purportedly from the crash site showed the bus on its side and emergency responders and their vehicles with flashing lights.
Transport officials said no defects were found on the road and that signs for drivers had been correctly installed. The bus, which passed an inspection last month, is registered to the Caspian Trans Corporation LLP, a logistics and transportation company.
An investigation is ongoing.
In September, 10 people died and several others were injured when a minibus crashed into a ditch on a highway in Mangystau.
